Nothing beats your first - really! This is the first Les Paul Goldtop I ever owned. I got this Epiphone Les Paul Standard in Late November 2019 and upgraded the bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Super Distortion in cream to match Tom Scholz's '68 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop. I think it sounds pretty dang close! Thus, it's name: The Scholz-o-matic 5000! 'Peace Of Mind' is from Boston's 1976 self-titled debut album and is written by Tom Scholz. SIGNAL CHAIN: GUITAR: Epiphone Les Paul Standard Goldtop - Bought for $460 from zZounds.com around the end of November 2019. Upgraded the bridge pickup to a DiMarzio Super Distortion in cream to match Tom Scholz's. I named it the Scholz-o-matic 5000! AMP: My PC with Behringer UMC22 U-Phoria USB Interface AMP SIM: Guitar Rig 5 Pro with "Boston Fuzz EPI STD" preset I made DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION (DAW): Reaper 64-bit AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING: OBS Studio (Free) EQUIPBOARD (my gear/instruments - past and present): http://equipboard.com/Axe2084 SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @Axe2084 Instagram: @axe2084 #Boston #PeaceOfMind #TomScholz #ClassicRock #Epiphone #LesPaul #LesPaulStandard #Goldtop #DiMarzio #SuperDistortion #zZounds ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIee2nF224

'Lines On My Face' is from Peter Frampton's 1973 album "Frampton's Camel" and is written by Peter Frampton. Since I'm in the middle of rotating my guitars to make sure they don't sit too long without being played, I felt I would bring out my modified Epiphone Les Paul Standard Goldtop with the DiMarzio Super-Distortion pickup in the bridge. In this song, I use the switch setting for both pickups. I did some adjusting on the amp settings and this is what I got. It blends in SO well with the song that it kind of disappears at times! Weird! I had the volume up where it could be heard very well, too! SIGNAL CHAIN: GUITAR: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Named: "The Scholz-o-Matic 5000) - Upgraded with a DiMarzio Super Distortion at the bridge. Total cost: $450 (guitar) + $80 (DiMarzio pickup) = $530. The guitar is amazing and, IMO, just as good as ANY new Gibson Les Paul being sold in stores these days!! AMP: My PC with Behringer UMC22 U-Phoria USB Interface AMP SIM: Guitar Rig 5 with '80s Chorus IV8' preset I made DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION (DAW): Reaper 64-bit AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING: OBS Studio EQUIPBOARD (my gear/instruments - past and present): http://equipboard.com/Axe2084 SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @Axe2084 Instagram: @axe2084 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY4sSMfr2lw

I just got this Guitar Madness "1984" humbucker pickup in the mail today after ordering it on Ebay at the beginning of the week. It cost a total of $16 and I was curious about it since I have 2 of their 'High Output' (Hexbucker copies of DiMarzio Super-Distortion) pickups and I like them a lot. These things SCREAM! They're perfect for the 80's metal stuff! Link to pickup: https://ebay.us/yE6Fp0 I also tried it out on some Boston presets and it performed perfectly there, too! So, on the overall, I'm VERY pleased! The wiring in an Ibanez is weird where humbuckers and their 5-way switch is concerned. So, it took a couple hours to get it done. I finally looked up a wiring diagram for Ibanez and remembered the way I installed the last humbucker that was in it before. Very strange wiring! And, for the purists: NO, I don't play everything note-for-note in the song. 1. I'm playing injured, and 2. I'm not George Lynch. Sorry to disappoint you on that second one! But, you'll live! If you want 100% accuracy, you're in the wrong channel. 'Into The Fire' is from Dokken's 1984 album 'Tooth And Nail' and is written by Don Dokken, George Lynch, and Jeff Pilson. Once again, I used the NaLex free amp sim called 'Amplex' along with the 'Powerbox' power amp plugin, NadIR from Ignite Amps, and the Gate + EQ from Reaper. SIGNAL CHAIN: GUITAR: Ibanez GSA60 GIO - Bought off OfferUp for $75. Upgraded today (7-16-20) with a Guitar Madness '1984' high-output humbucker. This thing is an 80's metal BEAST now! Total cost for the guitar NOW: $91 AMP: My PC with Behringer UMC22 U-Phoria USB Interface AMP SIM: FREE Amplex VST Amp Sim with FREE BG Doubler (by B.Gelais), FREE NadIR Cabinet Sim (by Ignite Amps), and Reaper plugins DAW: Reaper 64-bit A/V RECORDING: OBS Studio EQUIPBOARD (my gear/instruments - past and present): http://equipboard.com/Axe2084 SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @Axe2084 Instagram: @axe2084 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtIegr-A-E

Another song from my youth in the 1970s. I was 9 when this came out. It was all over the radio and we all loved it! Steve Miller Band was one of our favorite bands growing up - myself, my brother, and all our friends! A friend of ours had all Steve Miller Band's albums and he use to play them on his stereo out the window while we would be playing football or baseball in the huge farm-yard he had. Awesome memories! INTERESTING TRIVIA ABOUT THIS SONG: This version of 'Jet Airliner' is from Steve Miller Band's 1977 album 'Book Of Dreams' and is written by Paul Pena. Yep, this is a cover of a cover! The original version was on Paul Pena's 1973 album 'New Train'. Because of problems Paul had with his record company, the album wasn't released until the year 2000! That's why the only version we'd known was Steve Miller Band's. SIGNAL CHAIN: GUITAR: Glarry GST Strat - Bought for $50 on Ebay. I put $25 of parts into upgrading it (including a $18 YiBuy loaded pickguard) and a little over an hour of my time installing it, shimming the neck, and filing 3 frets. $75 later and I have a guitar that sounds/feels/plays just as well as a Fender! (And, contrary to claims by 'certain people', it didn't fall apart in a year!) AMP: My PC with Behringer UMC22 U-Phoria USB Interface AMP SIM: Guitar Rig 5 and "Strat Clean" preset I made DAW: Reaper 64-bit A/V RECORDING: OBS Studio EQUIPBOARD (my gear/instruments - past and present): https://equipboard.com/axe2084​ SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Axe2084​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/axe2084/​​​​​​​ #Glarry​​​​ #BudgetStrat​​ #BudgetGuitars​​ #SteveMillerBand ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21C9AoEFpw